Prague vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Prague	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1641	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3833	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$1005	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$1751	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$108	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1865	$1905
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	92	100
😀 Quality of life	86	79
🏙️ Population	1.38M	24.9M

The cost of living in Prague is 44% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 3084th and 4780th ($1641 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th in the Czech Republic and China, respectively. Check the Czech Republic vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Prague compared to 1.7 months in Shanghai. Prague ranked 1st best city to live in the Czech Republic vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 292nd and 571st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Prague vs Shanghai

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	Prague	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.73	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.3	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.88	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.51	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.28	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.77	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1012	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$756	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1872	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1359	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$267	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.5	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.65%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7685	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5446	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.32	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.2	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.1	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.5	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.79	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.93	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.79	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.84	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.3	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.8	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.1	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.2	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$723	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12545	$31401

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Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774